The 1980s Madrid Electronic Music Scene

byDavid Pollock
May 13, 2021

In 1980s Madrid, La Movida Madrileña, a hedonistic counterculture movement emerged in the wake of Franco’s death. With it came a wave of electronic music that is seeing a reappraisal four decades on

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